Art
Honey, I Blew Up The Kids | Tips for Making Engineer Prints Look Their Best
I mentioned in yesterday's post we were switching some art around in the living room. I purchased a few new prints that I've been eyeing for awhile and we are moving the main art wall to the larger wall behind the couch in the coming weeks. And while I love art, I love our girls […]
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October 7, 2014
Art
Painting(s) of the Week | A Day In the Life
My days start off calm. I wake up to the sound of Chris showering for work and the sun just barely peeking in our window. It's 7am. In no time, I hear Greta's little feet coming up the stairs and she climbs into bed with me and before Chris leaves, Faye starts stirring. For a […]
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October 3, 2014
Art
DIY Vintage Poster Frame for Greta's Butterflies
Alternate Title: Greta's Butterflies You see, Greta has a thing for butterflies. Her last room had a wall of butterflies above her bed and when we moved I packed them carefully back in the box to be used in her new room and I. cannot. find. that. box! Greta and I opened every unopened box […]
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September 26, 2014
Art
They're Ba-ack! | Chalkboard Drawing Downloads
At the end of 2011, my personal project was chalkboards. I was itching for a new medium, as I often do, and I decided to draw on a chalkboard every month. It was my creative outlet, if you will. By 2012, there was some interest in purchasing prints and after some hesitation, I decided to […]
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September 17, 2014
Art
One Tip That Will Improve Your Gallery Wall
I was helping a friend hang a gallery wall in her home a few weeks ago. She had a stack of frames (mostly from Ikea and Target) filled with all beautiful things and memories, but for some reason, she couldn't make her layout feel effortless and casual. Upon looking at the mix of frames and […]
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September 9, 2014
Art
Painting of the Week | Harvest
The air is getting cooler here in Idaho. Already! The farmers are all getting ready to harvest and some have even started. Did you know that the schools here in Idaho are out of school for a week or so at the end of September for potato harvest?? A lot of the kids, of all […]
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August 22, 2014
Art
Painting of the Week | Emerald City
I broke out my green paints this week and I couldn't be happier with the way Emerald City turned out. Sometimes I get attached to paintings. This one and Cleansing Cry have been two that are hard to let go of for me. I found it interesting that in the book, the wizard had everyone wearing green […]
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August 8, 2014
Art
Painting of the Week | Arctic Trees
Three weeks ago, I posted a #tbt of this oil painting I did a few years ago--even before I got married (hence the signature with my maiden name)! I received a couple emails asking if there would be prints available and since it just hangs at my parents house, I said why not!? So, this painting now […]
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July 25, 2014
Art
Painting of the Week | In the Lake
I probably shouldn't refer to this project as painting of the week anymore, because the consistency is really lacking. But it's something I so look forward to when I do have spare moments throughout the week. Last week, while all of my sisters were here, we spent one day at the lake--mostly so our kids could […]
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July 18, 2014
Art
Happy Memorial Day + Print Sale
Today we're spending time finishing our cabinets, working outside, remembering those that have gone before us and barbecuing (of course!). We hope the weather is fabulous where you are and you have a happy memorial day! We'll be back to our regular updates tomorrow, but for today only (!!) all prints are 20%, so head […]
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May 26, 2014
Art
Painting of the Week 09 | New Territory
Update: High quality giclee prints, in four different sizes, of this painting are now available here. I did this entire painting with Faye wrapped around me and Greta next to me eating too many sour patch kids and asking a million questions. "Is that a rainbow?" Even though I've done this baby thing once before, […]
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May 9, 2014
Art
Painting of the Week | 08 April Showers
I know it is still March, but it's the first day of Spring and I am exhaling all the winter heaviness. This painting is inspired by our grass that is still sleeping and mostly brown, but all the snow has melted. And those rain showers we have been getting instead of snow! And those flowers […]
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March 20, 2014
Art
Painting of the Week | 07 Moody
As I mentioned in yesterday's post, these pregnancy hormones have me swinging from mood to mood with hardly any notice. It seems like I experience absolute joy, anger, frustration, heart-breaking sadness, peace--everything--every day! Since my paintings are inspired by my life that week, I put all of those feelings in one chaotic (but thoughtful) painting--which […]
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March 7, 2014
Art
Painting of the Week | 06 Swept Away
Despite the dusty conditions surrounding me, I managed to lock myself in a room (keep Greta busy) and painted until I was swept away to another place. I almost took a break this week, because things are so crazy right now, but I am glad I pushed forward and went through with this painting--and a […]
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February 21, 2014
Art
Painting of the Week | 05 Sprung
Up to this point, I've always shot the weekly paintings in our green reading room, but this week's looked so perfect against the backdrop of the Hale Navy walls in the hall bath. The addition of gold this week helped this whole painting come together. I bought four or five different metallic gold paints to […]
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February 14, 2014
Art
Painting of the Week | 04 Cleansing Cry
One night this week, I cried and cried and cried. I cried myself to sleep. I think it was definitely a mix of hormones and still being so sick with this pregnancy and having some more complications recently, too. I woke up the next morning with that puffy feeling in my eyes and felt so […]
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February 7, 2014
Art
Painting of the Week | 03 Larkspur
Before I get into this week's painting, I wanted to let you all know that after a lot of encouragement (thank you!), I have started selling fine art giclee prints of my weekly paintings, starting with last week's Night Fishing. The prints will be available for purchase in my Etsy shop within a week after the painting […]
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January 31, 2014
Art
DIY Huge Letter Art on the Cheap
Even though the nursery has a long way to go and will be under construction while we install new floors in the coming weeks, continually collecting and adding pieces is still a priority. Furniture and fixtures are on their way! I recently added a huge DIYed typographic piece to the otherwise bare room that was […]
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January 28, 2014
Art
Painting of the Week | 02 Night Fishing
This week's painting was such a positive experience. It was an emotional and difficult week with this pregnancy and with every brush stroke, I felt myself escaping more and more. It was therapeutic to continue to add layers of pigment and watch the painting transform half a dozen times until this composition showed itself and […]
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January 24, 2014
Art
Painting of the Week | 01 The Takeoff
I have never been one to name my works of art, but it's a new year and this is a new project--so here I am, naming paintings. This one I called, The Takeoff since it is the very first painting in my do-a-painting-a-week project this year. There are a few things I wanted to achieve […]
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January 17, 2014
